These tours are designed to connect students with age-appropriate content and skill development. They link Michigan educational standards with the University of Michigan Museum of Art's permanent collection and offer a variety of subjects including: science, language arts, social studies, math, and writing.
Description: Fifth Grade students who have read The Single Shard, a Newberry Medal winning novel by Linda Sue Park, will make connections between literature and art by closely examining Korean ceramics and relating them to the narrative.
Concepts: Language Arts (Explore and begin to use language appropriate for different contexts and purposes) and Art (Analyze and reflect on the elements of art and design to communicate ideas).
Images: The featured images are possibilities that you may encounter in this tour. Because of variables such as availability and time, you may not see these exact art works.
![<p>Despite some glaze runnings, this high-quality vessel serves as a ne example of the 12th and 13th century celadon that features a good quality of clay body, glazed surface and glaze color. Its outer rim has a fret-patterned band,and on the outer wall are inlaid peony spray designs in three places. The mouth rim curves inwards slightly. The foot is low and has traces of silica spur, as well as cracks in two places.<br />
[<em>Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art </em>(2014) p.119]<br />
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Rounded tea bowl with celadon glaze. A lightly incised peony design is spaced along the widest stretch of the cup, and below the rim is an incised fret pattern.](/media/W1siZiIsIjIwMjIvMDkvMjQvbTVxdXo2eng4X2RlZmF1bHQuanBnIl0sWyJwIiwidGh1bWIiLCIxMDAweDEwMDAiXV0?sha=4dd3c0a98da2e6ef "<p>Despite some glaze runnings, this high-quality vessel serves as a ne example of the 12th and 13th century celadon that features a good quality of clay body, glazed surface and glaze color. Its outer rim has a fret-patterned band,and on the outer wall are inlaid peony spray designs in three places. The mouth rim curves inwards slightly. The foot is low and has traces of silica spur, as well as cracks in two places.<br />
[<em>Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art </em>(2014) p.119]<br />
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Rounded tea bowl with celadon glaze. A lightly incised peony design is spaced along the widest stretch of the cup, and below the rim is an incised fret pattern.")
